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Hawkin: “the earth needs a new operating system, you are the programmers”
Widely reported, I’m copying this here because a) it’s inspirational and b) he uses computing as the metaphor for the solution, and c) because last year our graduates got a very weird speech about drain-laying. Commencement Address by Paul Hawken to the Class of 2009, University of Portland, May 3, 2009 You are […]
Mellalieu persistently and interminably asks the question
May 4, 2009
My friend Peter Mellalieu is the Professor of Innovation at Unitec. Fortunately for us, he does this with a strong leaning towards sustainability. We caught up at the Tertiary Education Summit where he was delivering a paper “Shifting frontiers, new priorities, creating pathways: Elevating the case for tertiary education for sustainable development in New Zealand”. Here’s […]
My learnings for innovative education
May 4, 2009
Last week I spoke at the Tertiary Education Summit. I was on a panel to discuss “Developing world leading research and innovation activities”. The panel was asked to explore what are characteristics of successful institutions? I’ve been on panels like this before and listened to lots more. The outcome is always the same: […]
Bill McKibben’s 350ppm at 46 South
May 1, 2009
We had Bill McKibben visiting work yesterday. He gave a good talk and stayed for lunch. Bill has been in Wanaka and started his talk with a compelling story of an experience in Tibet, of glaciers melting and significantly changing landscape in an area that provides the water supply for a huge proportion of […]
Tolley score: Economic blinkers 17, anything else Nil.
April 30, 2009
I knew the government was focussed on the economy but I’ve just been blown away by the lack of vision, short-sightedness and one-track mindedness shown by Education Minister Anne Tolley. She just gave a very bland speech on “Tertiary Education Policy in 2009” at the Tertiary Education Summit. She says tertiary education is critical […]
Computing for Sustainability 
May 25, 2009
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